1990–91 AHL season

Sports season

1990–91 AHL season

League| American Hockey League
Sport| Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy| Springfield Indians
Season MVP| Kevin Todd
Top scorer| Kevin Todd
MVP| Kay Whitmore
Playoffs
Champions| Springfield Indians
Runners-up| Rochester Americans
AHL seasons

← 1989–90

1991–92 →

The 1990–91 AHL season was the 55th season of the American Hockey League. Fifteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season. The Springfield Indians won their seventh and final Calder Cup championship.

## Team changes

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* The Binghamton Whalers became the Binghamton Rangers.
* The Sherbrooke Canadiens moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick, becoming the Fredericton Canadiens.
* The Capital District Islanders joined the AHL as an expansion team, based in Troy, New York, playing in the South Division.

## Final standings

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;

North  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | Pts  | GF  | GA

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Springfield Indians (HFD) | 80 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 96 | 348 | 281
Cape Breton Oilers (EDM) | 80 | 41 | 31 | 8 | 90 | 306 | 301
Moncton Hawks (WIN) | 80 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 84 | 270 | 267
Fredericton Canadiens (MTL) | 80 | 36 | 35 | 9 | 81 | 295 | 292
Maine Mariners (BOS) | 80 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 80 | 269 | 284
Halifax Citadels (QUE) | 80 | 33 | 35 | 12 | 78 | 338 | 340
New Haven Nighthawks (LAK) | 80 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 59 | 246 | 324
South  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | PTS  | GF  | GA

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Rochester Americans (BUF) | 80 | 45 | 26 | 9 | 99 | 326 | 253
Binghamton Rangers (NYR) | 80 | 44 | 30 | 6 | 94 | 318 | 274
Baltimore Skipjacks (WSH) | 80 | 39 | 34 | 7 | 85 | 325 | 289
Hershey Bears (PHI) | 80 | 33 | 35 | 12 | 78 | 313 | 324
Adirondack Red Wings (DET) | 80 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 76 | 320 | 346
Utica Devils (NJD) | 80 | 36 | 42 | 2 | 74 | 325 | 346
Capital District Islanders (NYI) | 80 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 65 | 284 | 323
Newmarket Saints (TOR) | 80 | 26 | 45 | 9 | 61 | 278 | 317

## Scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player  | Team  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | PIM

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Kevin Todd | Utica Devils | 75 | 37 | 81 | 118 | 75
Patrick Lebeau | Fredericton Canadiens | 69 | 50 | 51 | 101 | 32
Shaun Van Allen | Cape Breton Oilers | 76 | 25 | 75 | 100 | 182
Bill McDougall | Adirondack Red Wings | 71 | 47 | 52 | 99 | 192
Jesse Belanger | Fredericton Canadiens | 75 | 40 | 58 | 98 | 30
Neil Brady | Utica Devils | 77 | 33 | 63 | 96 | 91
Michel Picard | Springfield Indians | 77 | 56 | 40 | 96 | 61
James Black | Springfield Indians | 79 | 35 | 61 | 96 | 34
Miroslav Ihnacak | Halifax Citadels | 77 | 38 | 57 | 95 | 42
Dan Currie | Cape Breton Oilers | 71 | 47 | 45 | 92 | 51

* complete list

## Calder Cup playoffs

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Main article: 1991 Calder Cup playoffs

| Preliminary Round | | | Division Semifinals | | | Division Finals | | | Calder Cup Final |

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| | | | 1 | Springfield | 4 | | |
| 4 | Fredericton | 11 | | | 4 | Fredericton | 3 |
| 5 | Maine | 7 | | | North Division| | | 1 | Springfield | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | Moncton | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Cape Breton | 0 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Moncton | 4 |
| | | | | N1 | Springfield | 4 |
| | | | | | | S1 | Rochester | 2 |
| | | | 2 | Binghamton | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Hershey | 13 | | | 3 | Baltimore | 2 |
| 5 | Adirondack | 4 | | | South Division| | | 2 | Binghamton | 0 |
| | | | | | 1 | Rochester | 4 |
| | | | 1 | Rochester | 4 | |
| | | | 4 | Hershey | 1 |

Note: Preliminary Round was played as a two-game, total-goals series

## Trophy and award winners

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Team awards
Calder Cup
Playoff champions: | Springfield Indians

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Richard F. Canning Trophy
North division playoff champions: | Springfield Indians
Robert W. Clarke Trophy
South division playoff champions: | Rochester Americans
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions, North Division: | Springfield Indians
John D. Chick Trophy
Regular Season champions, South Division: | Rochester Americans

Individual awards
Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player: | Kevin Todd \- Utica Devils

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John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer: | Kevin Todd \- Utica Devils
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year: | Patrick Lebeau \- Fredericton Canadiens
Eddie Shore Award
Defenceman of the year: | Norm Maciver \- Cape Breton Oilers
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best Goaltender: | Mark Laforest \- Binghamton Rangers
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average: | David Littman & Darcy Wakaluk \- Rochester Americans
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award
Coach of the year: | Don Lever \- Rochester Americans
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
Sportsmanship / Perseverance: | Glenn Merkosky \- Adirondack Red Wings
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the playoffs: | Kay Whitmore \- Springfield Indians

Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial Award
Most outstanding executive: | Frank Mathers

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James H. Ellery Memorial Awards
Outstanding media coverage: | Bob Dittmeier, Adirondack / Capital District, (newspaper)
Bob Matthews, Rochester, (radio)
Jimmy Young & Tom Caron, Maine, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award
Outstanding marketing executive: | Jan MacDonald, New Haven Nighthawks

## See also

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* List of AHL seasons

## References

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* AHL official site
* AHL Hall of Fame

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1989–90 AHL season

|  AHL seasons | Succeeded by

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